Airless Tires

[Jager]

Anyone want to try these on the track?

Michelin's Revolutionary Airless Tires - YouTube

[MileHighBoxster]

Talk about reducing unsprung weight. Sign me up for a test set. They do, to me, loose a bit of cool factor from an appearance perspective.

[tonycarreon]

i saw an interview with the CEO last year and he mentioned they were working on "covering" the wheel so that it would be indistinguishable from a normal tire. the hollow ones were r&d and promotional ones.

[san rensho]

Great concept, but it looks like high speed applications are pretty far in the future, if possible at all.

[madmods]

Seen those, spoke to a rep about them, the thing is: "they don't turn" and will never. Big fail for comon vehicles however 'potential' for military and construction use only

[2003S]

Originally Posted by san rensho

Great concept, but it looks like high speed applications are pretty far in the future, if possible at all.

Looks like they are to hit the market this year...

[thstone]

Looks like it might still be ahead of its time (or just still not fully developed - not sure which).

[Johnny Danger]

They'd make a nice hemorrhoid ring .